Darling Ingredients (NYSE: DAR) is one of 43 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Processing” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Darling Ingredients to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

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This table compares Darling Ingredients and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue

Net Income

Price/Earnings Ratio

Darling Ingredients

$3.40 billion

$102.31 million

46.51

Darling Ingredients Competitors

$10.42 billion

$574.35 million

717.97

Darling Ingredients’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Darling Ingredients. Darling Ingredients is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Darling Ingredients and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins

Return on Equity

Return on Assets

Darling Ingredients

1.76%

2.96%

1.32%

Darling Ingredients Competitors

3.50%

9.51%

4.32%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Darling Ingredients and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings

Hold Ratings

Buy Ratings

Strong Buy Ratings

Rating Score

Darling Ingredients

0

1

4

0

2.80

Darling Ingredients Competitors

290

1631

1957

53

2.45

Darling Ingredients presently has a consensus target price of $19.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. As a group, “Food Processing” companies have a potential upside of 1.35%. Given Darling Ingredients’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.1% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of shares of all “Food Processing” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Darling Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of shares of all “Food Processing” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darling Ingredients’ peers have a beta of 0.67, indicating that their average stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.